Not sure why any sane person would think the Heat will beat the Celtics. The Celts have yet to play them with a 100% healthy team and have still beaten them every time. Not to mention that they have owned Lebron and Wade in the playoffs ever since the big 3 got there. Whether or not they can stay healthy remains to be seen but a healthy Celtic team would handle these Heat

You guys are lucky the regular season matters just enough to keep the Cavs out of the playoffs, or else they'd go 16-0 through the playoffs. Because the regular season doesn't matter. I know it goes against every possible observation from this season, but I just know it would happen. No one would be able to stop Mo and JJ.

1 of those cases where the supposed character concerns comes to light. Gotta love the talent but he'll never reach his potential if he doesn't get his act together. IMO he's the type of guy who needed to be on a veteran team, or have a good veteran presence to mentor him. I don't think they have that on the Kings, isn't it just Reke and Cousins running the team?

Give him an asst coach like a Patrick Ewing and/or a vet big man like McDyess(both just examples) I think he'd fare alot better. Things could get out of hand soon if the coach can't reel him in.

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I guarantee that if someone picks Cam Newton in the Top 5 they will regret it.

That very well may happen but let's not act like this doesn't do anything to the players psyche.
I think it's big for such an injure-riddled team to continue to compete against the game's best teams.

Playoffs is when it matters most but let's not act like regular season games don't mean ****.

Really? Injury riddled? I didn't realize having Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Perkins was being injury riddled. Sure they're dinged up a bit but lets not pretend like they're running on fumes with their big stars out.

Are we going to have to start making "did you know the Celtics had injuries?" jokes now?

Really? Injury riddled? I didn't realize having Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Perkins was being injury riddled. Sure they're dinged up a bit but lets not pretend like they're running on fumes with their big stars out.

Are we going to have to start making "did you know the Celtics had injuries?" jokes now?

Yeah, Shaq and Nate Robinson are hurt, they are as good as destroyed by injuries. Call em the Packers.

1 of those cases where the supposed character concerns comes to light. Gotta love the talent but he'll never reach his potential if he doesn't get his act together. IMO he's the type of guy who needed to be on a veteran team, or have a good veteran presence to mentor him. I don't think they have that on the Kings, isn't it just Reke and Cousins running the team?

We still do have some veteran guys like Landry, Udrith and Dalembert. The guy is still just 20 years old, and I hope he has the sense to learn from mistakes unlike alot of people. If he can actually learn from his the mistake he made(and he was wrong, Tyreke 100% of the time will take the shot), I see this guy being a 18 and 10+ guy from awhile.

We still do lack another scorer. Tyreke is our leading scorer at just 18 a game which is bad. I really hope we can add another top 5 rookie to this team next year. Kyrie Irving or Jared Sullinger would give us our third piece to hopefully actually compete. I like the idea of Cousins and Sullinger together. Most all the good teams in the league are deep with talented big men and also have a score at the guard/forward position. Both Cousins and Sullinger are big guys who are very talented and IMO could be great playing opposite each other. Our line up would look like

I swear, some of you guys can be really slow sometimes.
How far do you see the Celts going if their older players have to contine playing 40+ mins/game due to everyone else being in street clothes?
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I know everyone gets excited about the Knicks and stuff but I think people are overlooking the Hawks to at least win another series. I mean they are ahead of Orlando and could very well get the 4 seed. Atlanta will get swept by Boston but actually match up well against Miami because they have the athleticism and length to shut down Bosh and challenge LeBron at the rim. If JJ, Crawford, and Bibby are on they are tough to beat. Really Marvin Williams is the only guy holding them back with his garbage play.

Most of that post was pretty true, I kept reading to see if you were going to give ATL a shot against Boston. I do agree though however if they matchup with Miami, seems like they could at least make it a series. I think Wade would be the guy though that would destroy the Hawks. Like you said though, they would get handled by Boston even if they did win another series.

Marvin is truly a bust though... he had talent and seemed to get larger (fatty) every year.

Chris Broussard on ESPN said the Knicks turned down an offer that would sent 3 starters(Gallinari, Felton and another guy not named), Curry's expiring contract and a 1st round pick for Melo and Billups.

Chris Broussard on ESPN said the Knicks turned down an offer that would sent 3 starters(Gallinari, Felton and another guy not named), Curry's expiring contract and a 1st round pick for Melo and Billups.

Thoughts?

The KNICKS turned that down? Sounds like it would have been a steal on their end.